DURBAN SINGS
audio reports from KwaZulu-Natal

Albert Park (partII: more songs)
October 2008

part I:
http://www.archive.org/DurbanSings
A gathering of makeshift shelters in a public park in the city of Durban, South Africa. A group of Congolese have been living here under plastic cover since June. Pots over open wood fires, washing on lines between the trees, many children are running around the huts. What happened? What made the group settle here under precarious conditions? What happens to the children when it's raining…? Gideon, a local passer-bye talks to Delphine, one of the group who is now living at Albert Park (track 03-08). Delphine responds with questions and songs and tells their story. Rebecca and Oliver, from the Centre for Civil Society are regular visitors. They join the conversation (track 02) while preparations for a chicken-curry are going on in the background. More songs follow.

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Artist/Composer: radio continental drift, DRC refugees Albert Park
Keywords: Albert Park; Durban; South Africa; refugees; Congo; xenophobia

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